Complete Overreaction: Professor Calls For Shutting Down Facebook Live, Post-Christchurch

Complete Overreaction: Professor Calls For Shutting Down Facebook Live, Post-Christchurch

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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190328/18190141893/complete-overreaction-professor-calls-shutting-down-facebook-live-post-christchurch.shtml

It is generally a bad idea to make any massive change in the wake of a tragedy. It is certainly reasonable to explore and discuss some of these ideas, but the temptation to overreact to an emotional sample size of one is often too great, leading to very silly outcomes. Take, for example, a suggestion by professor Jennifer Grygiel, in the wake of the awful attack in Christchurch, New Zealand a few weeks back. As with other "blame the tech" attempts, her focus is less on the speed with which the platforms removed content, but more with the fact that live-streaming is even available at all. Her proposal? No more live-streaming at all.

Grygiel at first repeats an earlier argument she made that all live-streaming must be put on "time delay" for censors to review. She notes that she first pushed this idea a few years ago, in the wake of another "streamed live" attack.

Complete Overreaction: Professor Calls For Shutting Down Facebook Live, Post-Christchurch

Apr 3, 2019, 7:35pm UTC
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190328/18190141893/complete-overreaction-professor-calls-shutting-down-facebook-live-post-christchurch.shtml > It is generally a bad idea to make any massive change in the wake of a tragedy. It is certainly reasonable to explore and discuss some of these ideas, but the temptation to overreact to an emotional sample size of one is often too great, leading to very silly outcomes. Take, for example, a suggestion by professor Jennifer Grygiel, in the wake of the awful attack in Christchurch, New Zealand a few weeks back. As with other "blame the tech" attempts, her focus is less on the speed with which the platforms removed content, but more with the fact that live-streaming is even available at all. Her proposal? No more live-streaming at all. > Grygiel at first repeats an earlier argument she made that all live-streaming must be put on "time delay" for censors to review. She notes that she first pushed this idea a few years ago, in the wake of another "streamed live" attack.